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Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

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b. 6-8

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Slur in A

Slurs in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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Chopin added a slur in bars 7-8 at the time of proofreading FE (→GE,EE). According to us, the proofreading's goal was to extend the slur from bar 6 and the applied solution is of a simplified nature – extending a slur required much more workload of the engraver, thus Chopin could have felt embarrassed to require such a change in a place which, actually, was printed in accordance with the base text. See the remark concerning extending the slur of A in bars 2-3. Cf. bars 14-15. 

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8-9

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Literal reading of slur in A (→FE→GE,EE)

Interpretation of A suggested by the editors
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The slur of A in the 2nd half of bar 8 may suggest a continuation in the next bar, in which there is no possible ending of the mark.

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issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 9

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Slur in A (→FE→GE,EE)

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The shorter slur featured in the sources may be considered as inaccurate, therefore, we suggest to begin it earlier, after the majority of similar slurs (cf. the remark on bar 1).

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b. 10-12

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Slur in A (→FE→GE)

Slurs in EE

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According to us, the slur written in bar 10 in A (→FE→GE,EE3) represents a phase of the original, partially draft slurring of the Etude. Both in analogous bars 2-3 and 35-36 the slurs embrace the a note on the 3rd quaver of the bar (cf. the remark on bar 1) and in bars 2-3 one can also see traces of extending the slur from bar 2, so it embraces the 1st half of bar 3 too. Therefore, in the main text we suggest a slur modelled after the latter, corrected by Chopin.

In EE4 whole-bar long slurs in bars 11 and 12 were added to the slur in bar 10, which is an arbitrary addition.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 13

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

No slur in A

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Lack of the slur in A must be considered as an inaccuracy of the notation, as slurs in a similar context appear in A in 10 out of 12 places, while after Chopin's corrections in FE – in all cases. According to us, the graphic layout, applied only in this bar (not included in mUltimate Chopin), in which a1 is written in the bass clef and then the quavers in the treble clef, could have influenced both the omission of the slur in A and the scope of the slur added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The graphic gap between a1 and g1 contributes to the fact that the natural from the phrasing and articulation point of view slur beginning from a1 (see the remark concerning bar 1) becomes hard or even impossible to draw. Therefore, in the main text we suggest to begin the slur earlier.

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE